Overall Green Forest fire alert in Guinea from 23 Apr 2023 00:00 UTC to 01 May 2023 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1013891
Countries:	Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Apr 2023 - 01 May 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	20294 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

GDACS Score

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01 May 06:05 02 May 06:06

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	19375	01 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	20294	02 May 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Guinea , Administrative Region of Telimele.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	47000 people
5 km	24000 people
2 km	6900 people
1 km	5800 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	38 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	1588 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Telimele	Guinea	-
Fria	Guinea	-
Boffa	Guinea	-
Boke	Guinea	860000 people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Fria		114				0	52 km
Katourou	FIG	152	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	55 km
Boke	BKJ	50	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5100	79 km
Kawass		11	Priv.	Unpaved	Yes	2900	106 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Boke		Guinea	84 km
Victoria		Guinea	108 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Garafiri	Konkoure	1999	105 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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